What causes Lag and Higher Ping

Ping is defined as time taken to send messages from host computers in internet protocol to servers and time taken to get back to host computers. During that time, there is a latent time in whenever the packet or information is sent from the host computer to the server. The host computer has to wait for sometime to confirm that the packet has been received by the server. This is how your internet connection is determined.

Ping affects your gaming strategies when you play any online game. If you lag behind the game speed starts to move slowly and freezes often. When you are playing some MMORPG game, you may get stuck in ridicule position and due to lagging; your game will affect a lot. In order to save yourself from this scenario, there is a way to lower ping by using proxy so you maintain your momentum in the game and don’t lose the game because of speed.

There are many websites that gives you tips on how to lower ping easily on your computer by doing simple tasks. However, it is difficult to reduce lag even though you use good server because sometime the lag is due to ISP itself and when this happens you can’t do anything to stop the lagging.

Many online gamers complain about this annoying lag which affects their gaming experience in internet. Sometimes the delay goes up to 4-5 seconds which is really bad for such game where time is just the factor to win the game. Therefore, before you start making plans to play online games, make sure you test the ping speed because you don’t want to get frustrated in later stages of the game. Changing a slow internet connection to faster connection helps to knock out this latency but not necessarily it sorts out the problem. Sometimes you need to use proxy to lower the lag.

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Online Gaming Experience is not always Exciting

Playing an online game is much more exciting than playing a standalone game on your computer. Thanks to the innovative technology and influential networking, we all can play fantastic massively multiplayer games. The horizon of gaming arena has changed and this is just the beginning. The experience is just overwhelming when you are set out there in the virtual world playing hide and seek with a gun in your hand and looking for your enemies who are doing the same thing. You need to be alert at all time as well as be fast. But, the excitement can turn into frustration when your experience some delays while playing the game with other players. The speed of game starts to slow down, and often it starts to freeze for few seconds. Later you end up dead – killed by your opponent. This is major frustration when you are playing MMORPG on your computer. You just feel you are stranded on a dessert with no navigator or water.

This is common problem while playing online games. But it always keeps you frustrated whenever you get that lag on your computer especially when you are about to end the game by killing the main boss of that game. Truly, this is the most frustration moment in life of any gamer. However, there is a solution to this. You can reduce lag and overcome this frustration but you may want to understand the reason behind the lag. Even though you have high speed internet, if your ISP doesn’t have good servers, you may experience the lag.

Hardware related issues may cause the lag. Network performance also causes the lag. But you don’t need to get frustrated because you can actually reduce the lag and play without getting frustrated. Generally, it’s the clients who need to find the solution. Using proxies are one of the best solutions to reduce lag.

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